Fuel cabinet for oil burners



oct. 3o, 1934. F VMBARHQFFd ET AL 1,978,832

FUEL kCABINET FOR OIL BURNERS Filed July l5 1932 Patented Qct. 30, 1934 l FUEL CABINET FOR OILiBURNERS Vl'redlli. Barhof, Hartford, and Fred `W. Barhoff, Jr., West Hartford, Conn.

Application July 15, 1932, 'Serial No. 622,640`

3 Claims.

Thisl inventionrelatesto means for supplying liquid fuel -by gravity to household oilburners..

The object of the invention is to provide a lportable structure -of this character which is Vconvenient and ornamental, the fuel container being concealed when in service `but readily exposed for removal when exhausted and allow the substitution of a lled container.

This object is attained in the embodiment of the invention illustrated by placing in a cabinet a receptacle that is adapted to be piped to the burner, and mounting a holder for the .fuel container on a folding wall of the cabinet, which wall when opened exposes the holder in position forv the ready removal of an empty container and the quick substitution in an upright pesitionof a filled container. When the wall is closed the holder and container are swung into the cabinet and the container reversed with its mouth in the receptacle. A normally closed valve arranged in the container mouth is automatically opened when the container is reversed and its mouth down in the receptacle, so that fuel will not escape as the container is swung over but will flow by gravity from the container into the receptacle.

In the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 shows a side elevation of a closed cabinet in normal condition of use.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the cabinet showing the front wall turned down and a fuel container exposed in upright position.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the cabinet with back wall removed showing the fuel container in position to supply fuel to the receptacle which is o be piped tc the burner with which the cabinet is to be used.

Fig. 4 is a front elevation with the front wall open and the container exposed.

Fig. 5 is a transverse section looking down on the plane indicated by the dotted line 5 5 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a detail view on larger scale illustrating the relation of the container mouth and valve to the receptacle when the structure is in use. I

The structure illustrated has four upright posts 1 that support side walls 2, back wall 3 and front wall 4. The front wall is formed in two sections that are connected with a hinge 5 so that the upper section 6 may be turned up for closing the cabinet or turned down for opening the cabinet. At the top is a hinged cover 7 which when closed. will retain the front section 6 in closed position. These parts are desirably made of sheet metal but they may be made of other suitable material.

On the inner surfaces of the side walls are vertically extending ribs 8 to which the ends of 60 a bracket 9 are fastened. The ribs have a plurality of perforations so that the bracket may be bolted thereto at various heights. At the `middle ofthe bracket is a vertical perforation.

Extending through this perforation in the 65 bracket is a threadedspindle 10 that is held in place by nuts ,11.

A bowl 12 is secured to the upper end of this spindle.' In the center of this bowl is a cup 13 and over the top of the cup is a spider 14, a 70 `screen or perforated plate 15 desir-ably beine `placed at the top of the` cup below the spider, The pipe lthat communicates with the cup and passes through a side wall is designed to be led to the burner with which the structure is to be used. On top of the bowl is a cover 17 that has a central recess 18 through which is a port 19.

Attached to the inner surface of the folding section of the front wall of the cabinet is a cony tainer holding band 20 the ends of which are adapted to be drawn together by a button 21 for clamping a container in the band. An angular arm 22 is fastened to the inner section of the clamping band by a bolt 23 that passes through the band and a slot 24 in the upright limb of the arm so that the lower or supporting end of the arm may be adjusted vertically with relation to the band for supporting the container at difierent heights. At the lower end of the arm is a handle loop 25 and at the neck of the container is a handle loop 26. When a container filled with fuel is clamped in the holder the loops may be grasped for lifting the container and turning it into the cabinet.

A cap 27 is placed over the mouth of the container. This cap has a port that is normally closed by a spring tensioned valve 28. When the container is reversed its neck extends into the recess in the cover of the bowl and the valve engages and is opened by a lug 29 that extends upward from the spider that is on top of the cup, Fig. 6.

This structure is portable and can be located wherever desired with relation to the burner with which it is to be used. It is capable of attractive ornamentation and conceals the fuel container so as to be unobjectionable. When put to use the cover is turned over and the upper section with the container holder swung down toward the front. A container lled with fuel is placed in the holder resting on the support and the clamp tightened. The valve cap is placed over the mouth of the fuel container. The loops are then grasped and the hinged section of the front wall turned up carrying the container into the cabinet and as the hinged section reaches its closed position the neck of the container passes into the recess in the cover of the bowl and the valve is automatically opened so that the fuel will flow as required from the container down into the cup and from the cup through the piping to the burner. The container is easily set in the holder in a vertical position and as it is turned over into the cabinet the mouth being' closed until it is over the bowl there is no spilling of the fuel, and thus the structure always remains clean. When the fuel is exhausted the front of the cabinet is turned down, the empty container removed and a filled container substituted. The bowl is adjustable vertically in the cabinet so as to be at the right height to supply fuel to the burner, and the container holder is vertically adjustable in order that the mouth of the container will enter the bowl and the valve be opened to supply the correct amount of fuel to the bowl.

The invention claimed is:

1. Means for supplying liquid fuel to an oil burner which comprises a closed portable cabinet with the upper section of one wall hinged to the lower section of said Wall and adapted to turn down and open the upper part of the cabinet, a cup mounted in the cabinet and having an outlet adapted to be piped to av burner, a bottle clamp attached to the inner surface of the hinged wall section, a bottle support connected to the clamp, and a bottle held on said support by the clamp and adapted to stand with its mouth up when the hinged wall section is turned down and with its mouth down over the cup when the hinged section of the Wall is turned up.

2. Means for supplying liquid fuel to an oil burner which comprises a closed portable cabinet withthe upper section of one wall hinged to the lower section of said Wall and adapted to turn down and open the upper part of the cabinet, a cover hinged to the top and adapted to retain the hinged wall section closed, a cup mounted in the cabinet and having an outlet adapted to be piped to a burner, a bottle clamp attached to the inner surface of the hinged wall section, a bottle support connected to the clamp, and a bottle held on said support by the clamp and adapted to stand with its mouth up when the hinged wall section is turned down and with its mouth down over the cup when the hinged section of the wall is turned up.

3. Means for supplying liquid fuel to an oil burner which comprises a closed portable cabinet with the upper section of one wall hinged to the lower section of said wall and adapted to turn down and open the upper part of the cabinet, a cup mounted in the cabinet and having an outlet adapted to be piped to a burner, a bottle clamp attached to the inner surface of the hinged wall section, a bottle support connected to the clamp, means for adjusting the bottlesupport vertically, and a bottle held on said support by the clamp and adapted to stand with its mouth up when the hinged Wall section is turned down and with its mouth over the cup when the hinged section of the wall is turned up.

FRED W. BARI-IOFF. FRED W. BARI-IOFF, JR. 

